Mizzou Receiver Dorial Green-Beckham Arrested with Pound of Marijuana

ATLANTA, GA - DECEMBER 07: Dorial Green-Beckham #15 of the Missouri Tigers reacts after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against the Auburn Tigers during the SEC Championship Game at Georgia Dome on December 7, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)Dorial Green-Beckham #15 of the Missouri Tigers reacts after scoring a touchdown in the first quarter against the Auburn Tigers during the SEC Championship Game at Georgia Dome on December 7, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KMOX) – A University of Missouri football star was arrested after an officer found about a pound of marijuana in the vehicle he was in with two other men.

Dorial Green-Beckham, a sophomore who led No. 5 Missouri in receptions last season, and the other men were released without formal charges after their arrest late Friday, Springfield police said in a statement.

Police spokesman Capt. Vance Holland told KMOX, “We had an officer stop the vehicle based on an expired license registration, upon approaching the vehicle he smelled an order of marijuana coming from the vehicle.”

The officer also found assorted drug paraphernalia inside the car.

Green-Beckham, John W. McDaniel and Patrick Prouty were booked into the Greene County jail for distribution of a controlled substance. All three were released without bond or charges while the case is investigated.

Green-Beckham took to twitter Sunday.

People judge before knowing what happen. Let's not judge me for what happen and don't saying anything to me to try to bring me down.

Missouri spokesman Chad Moller said the school was “aware of the situation and working to learn more.”

The 6-foot-6, 225-pound Green-Beckham was considered the top prospect in the nation when he signed a letter of intent with Missouri. He set national prep records of 6,353 career yards receiving and 75 touchdown catches at Springfield Hillcrest High. Last season, he had 59 receptions with a 15-yard average and 12 touchdowns.

In the SEC championship game against Auburn, he caught six passes for 144 yards and two scores. His 27-yard catch set up Henry Josey’s go-ahead score in the Cotton Bowl victory over Oklahoma State.

Green-Beckham was charged in October 2012 with marijuana possession after he and two teammates were reportedly smoking pot in a campus parking lot near Memorial Stadium. All three later pleaded guilty to second-degree trespassing in the case.